Book Review: Chasing the Game by Paul Gadsby
World football’s ultimate prize had been on display at Westminster Central Hall, when it was stolen on 20 March 1966. Thankfully for the Football Association (FA), the trophy was recovered just seven...
View ArticleBook Review: To Make a Dream Survive by Graham Brookland
In To Make a Dream Survive, Brookland treats the reader to the story of his footballing love, the team based in the military town of Aldershot. He started supporting the club back in 1974 when he...
View ArticleBook Review: The Arsenal…and Other Poems by Mark Hamilton
Football and poetry are not usually comfortable bedfellows and other than Dannie Abse's heartfelt poem about his beloved Cardiff City, The Game, it is difficult to recall any serious treatment of our...
View ArticleBook Review: Buckminster’s Ball (Second Edition) by J. A. Zaremski
The cover is an oft neglected feature of a book, but in the case of Buckminster’s Ball it presents the reader to more than the standard synopsis which usually feature on the reverse of books. A....
View ArticleBook Review: KHAN – Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual by Riaz Khan
Quite simply, in its present form, this is a disconcerting book as it totally fails to achieve its purpose of reassuring the reader around the text’s central premise. Riaz Khan’s main aim is stated as...
View Article2015/16: Capital One Cup – Carlisle United v Chesterfield
League Two Carlisle United beat League One Chesterfield 3-1 in extra time at Brunton Park in the Capital One Cup first round. Jabo Ibehre was the hero for United scoring twice. The first came from a...
View Article2015/16: Capital One Cup Second Round – Hull City v Rochdale
Following a first visit to Brunton Park in the Capital Cup First Round, the Second Round also afforded the chance to tick another venue off the list of grounds attended, with a trip to the KC Stadium,...
View ArticleBook Review: Scotball by Stephen O’Donnell
This second offering has links to O’Donnell’s debut book, with Scotball having as its central character Peter Fitzpatrick. In Paradise Road Fitzpatrick leaves his native Scotland to sample life in the...
View Article2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year – longlist
The longlist has been published for the contenders in the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. The shortlist will be announced on 27 October, and the winner on Thursday 26 November. Football...
View Article2015/16: Capital One Cup Third Round – Fulham v Stoke City
My League Cup adventure had taken me to two new grounds in the previous rounds – Carlisle United and Hull City – but today it was a return to much more familiar territory, that of my own team Fulham...
View Article2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year – shortlist
The shortlist has been published for the contenders in the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. The winner will be announced on Thursday 26 November.
View ArticleBook Review: The Palace Addiction by James Howland
The ‘diary of a season’ format has become a popular outlet for football fans making their mark in the literary world. In general they are published shortly after the end of a season, so it was...
View ArticleBook Review: Leeds United – A History by Dave Tomlinson
The book does indeed detail the history of Leeds City, from 1904 until its expulsion from the Football League during the 1919/20 season and then picks up the story of the birth of Leeds United from...
View Article2015/16: Capital One Cup Fourth Round – Sheffield Wednesday v Arsenal
For my last Capital One Cup game at Fulham talk was of how it felt unlike a match-day with a trek across London during rush-hour to witness a game in a ground less than half full. This certainly...
View ArticleBook Review: David Beckham – Fifty Defining Fixtures by Steve Tongue
Another offering from Amberley books in their expanding football series, Fifty Defining Fixtures. This edition by Steve Tongue focuses on David Beckham. Beckham has come to transcend the game of...
View ArticleBook Review: Oval Ways and Treble Days by Paul Evans
The main focus of the book however, begins in the second chapter as the search for a new manager ahead of the 2012/13 season commences. Thereinafter Evans presents the reader with what is in essence a...
View Article2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year – winner
The Game of Our Lives: The Meaning and Making of English Football by David Goldblatt has been announced as the winner of the 2015 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. David Goldblatt was born in...
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View ArticleBook Review: Written In The Stars by Richard Stokoe
Every now and again a book comes along which wonderfully describes the idiosyncrasies and experiences associated with being a football fan – Written In The Stars by Richard Stokoe fits into that category.
View ArticlePFA Players’ Records 1946 – 2015 by Barry J. Hugman
Considered by many fans as the bible of English football, this new and updated edition of PFA Premier and Football League Records contains full career details of every player to have made at least one...
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